Ramaphosa admits all is not well at Luthuli House as divisions within the ANC grow

In an uncharacteristically frank admission, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the ANC is under som pretty heavy strain.

Ramaphosa seems to be putting all his cards on the table in the run-up to the ANC’s elective conference this year, and if he stays the course he might actually end up becoming our next president.

Unlike his running mates Nkosazana and Baleka, Ramaphosa’s been dropping truth bombs and poking holes in the current ANC facade like it’s nobody’s business. Earlier this week the deputy told supporters that the ANNC is being plagued by infighting, disunity, mistrust and overall organisational shortfalls and that the party is under ‘severe strain’.

“There are instances where internal ANC processes have been infiltrated by individuals and companies seeking preferential access to state business,” Ramaphosa said, possibly alluding to Jacob Zuma and his supporters’ relationship with the controversial Gupta family.

“Building the unity of the ANC and the alliance is therefore the most important and urgent task of the moment.”

Never before in its 23 years in power has the ANC been as weak as it is now; having lost three of South Africa’s major metros to the opposition in the 2016 elections, further slipping in support in the DA-led Western Cape, finding itself at odds with the South African constitution on a running basis at home and being shunned internationally for it’s poor foreign policies.

Will Ramaphosa be the leader that pulls the ANC alliance back from the brink?